Greetings, Georgia.

It's Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

Black police chiefs nationwide, including former Atlanta chief Rodney Bryant, met recently in Detroit amid debates on the benefits of cop diversity.

New data from Climate Central shows that storms causing billions of dollars worth of damage are on the rise. 

Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp spoke out yesterday about Georgia's anti-human trafficking efforts, saying 'There's more we need to do.'

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✭ Fulton DA seeks to disqualify lawyer for some GOP fake electors, citing 'ethical mess'

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches proceedings during a hearing to decide if the final report by a special grand jury looking into possible interference in the 2020 presidential election can be released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
 

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking to remove a lawyer from representing 10 Georgia Republicans who served as fake 2020 electors for Donald Trump after several of them allegedly accused a fellow elector of breaking state law last week.

Tuesday's filing also alleged that attorney Kimberly Burroughs Debrow failed to notify her clients of potential immunity deals that prosecutors offered last summer, and comes as charging decisions are expected soon in the sweeping investigation into an alleged Trump-led effort to overturn the presidential election results in Georgia.

The DA's filing reveals that as recent as last week, her office interviewed some of the fake electors represented by Debrow and some of them said that another elector represented by Debrow "committed acts that are violations of Georgia law and that they were not party to these additional acts."

✭ Georgia experts warn of a growing maternal mental health crisis — and why it's important to get help

Postpartum mental health issues are extremely common among new moms. 

Experts at a training session for advanced perinatal mental health, hosted at Mercer University on April 15,  had one consistent message: diagnosis and treatment aren’t always provided to those that need it, and that can have fatal consequences.  

The training focused on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, or PMADs, which include depression, anxiety, OCD, and sometimes, psychosis. 

Close to 700 people in Georgia reported postpartum depressive symptoms in 2020, though the number of unreported cases likely makes that number much higher. Between 2015 and 2020, there were 28 deaths by suicide in Georgia where the person was “pregnant at time of death, within 1 year of death or not otherwise specified,” according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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GPB NEWS HEADLINES

• As structural engineers continue to try to determine what caused a partial collapse of Savannah's federal courthouse last week, the building's condition is cause for concern, owing to its architectural significance.
   
• Georgia Power and the state Public Service Commission’s (PSC) Public Interest Advocacy Staff have reached an agreement resulting in a slight reduction in the utility’s request to recover $2.1 billion in higher fuel costs from customers.
   
• Three years after the start of the pandemic, millions of working age people still suffer from long COVID-19 and some lawmakers and advocates, including people with long COVID, say not enough is being done to protect their well-being and ensure they can continue to be employed.

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✭ Atlanta Film Festival to honor Jimmy Carter among others with special award

The Atlanta Film Festival will honor former President Jimmy Carter at its 2023 IMAGE Film Awards Gala on April 23. (File)

On April 23, the Atlanta Film Festival will honor the likes of former President Jimmy Carter and other recipients at its 2023 IMAGE Film Awards Gala.

The gala, which is returning for the first time in three years, honors individuals who have made “outstanding contributions to building the state’s film industry and community.” Previous award winners include Spike Lee, Will Packer, Burt Reynolds, and Cicely Tyson.

• “We are excited about the return of the IMAGE Film Awards Gala and proud to honor this esteemed group of individuals who have made vast contributions to Georgia’s film industry and community,” Atlanta Film Festival Executive Director Christopher Escobar said in a statement.

The U.S. and Mexico border is seen. Many wonder what is the next step for the Biden administration after Title 42 expires. (File)

Latest podcast episode: Biden challenged by immigration; Trial underway in Dominion/Fox News lawsuit

Highlights: Immigration attorney Chuck Kuck and Tamar Hallerman, senior reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, discuss U.S. House Republicans who seek to crack down on immigration asylum cases, the status of Title 42, and Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News.

Tune into GPB Radio and GPB.org at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for Political Rewind.

Today on Political Rewind: Axios Atlanta's Emma Hurt, The New York Times' Maya King, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein.